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World Golf Hall of Fame member, Tom Watson, joins us to tell his story beginning with his childhood years growing up in Kansas City and learning the game from his father at age six. After getting cut for the Little League baseball team at age nine, golf became his passion. Listen in as Tom talks about winning the 1964 Kansas City Men's Match Play event at age 14 which provided him with opportunities to play in exhibitions the next two years with his two golfing heroes, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Halfway through his collegiate experience at Stanford, Tom wondered what he was going to do with his life when he got real serious about his golf, "FORE the Good of the Game."
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Golfer Tom Watson: Biography & Career Highlights
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer. He is most popular for competing professionally on the PGA Tour and was active in the 1970's and 1980's. During which, Watson was one of the leading golfers and was even rated the number one player in the world. Obviously, it's clear that Tom Watson is not a force to be reckoned with. So let's find out more about golfer Tom Watson along with his biography and career highlights.
Tom Watson Biography
Professional Career
"No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer’s mind." - Tom Watson
Thomas Sturges Watson was born on September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Watson was one of the top American golfers in the 1970's and 1980's.
In his early days, Watson studied psychology at Stanford University during which he competed on the college's golf team. Watson performed really well during his college years. So after his graduation in 1971,
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Tom Watson Speaker Biography
Legendary Pro Golfer and Inspirational Speaker
Tom Watson is one of the most successful and enduring professional golfers in the history of the sport. In 2009, nearing his 60th birthday, he led the British Open much of the way before losing in a playoff. It was the feel-good sports story of the year, and will be talked about for as long as games are played and reported. That stunning performance led to a revised British Open age limit that exempts Watson for at least five more years at the world’s oldest major championship, a tournament he’s won five times among his eight PGA Tour majors. In total, Watson has won 39 times on the PGA Tour; six times he was PGA Player of the Year and five times the leading money winner. Playing mostly on the over-50 Champions Tour now, he has won 13 more times there including five senior majors.
Golf Career
Watson was born in 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri, and has stayed true to the Midwest’s solid values. Today, he lives on a farm outside Kansas City, and can be found doing
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